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Wednesday July 28, 1976
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Minnesota Twins 8, Texas Rangers 0 (Game 2)

Game Played on Wednesday, July 28, 1976 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  3
Twins        2  0  2    3  1  0    0  0  x  -   8 11  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Clines lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .269      Bostock cf            4   2   2   1     1   0   .350
Randle 2b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .234      Hisle lf              3   1   1   1     0   0   .253
Hargrove dh           3   0   2   0     1   0   .301        Brye lf             1   0   0   0     0   1   .265
Burroughs rf          2   0   0   0     2   1   .236      Carew 1b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .316
Fregosi 1b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .233      Kusick dh             2   0   1   0     2   0   .289
Harrah ss             4   0   0   0     0   2   .268      Ford rf               4   2   2   3     0   0   .253
Howell 3b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .266      Wynegar c             3   0   1   1     1   1   .295
Beniquez cf           3   0   2   0     1   0   .241        Borgmann c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .353
Fahey c               3   0   0   0     1   0   .256      Smalley ss            3   1   1   0     1   1   .228
Barr p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cubbage 3b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .225
  Bacsik p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Randall 2b            4   1   2   1     0   0   .257
  Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Luebber p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   0   6   0     5   7             Totals               31   8  11   7     6   4

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance:  5,983
Left on Base: Rangers 9, Twins 7
DP: Rangers 1, Twins 3
Errors: Fregosi, Harrah, Fahey, Smalley
Doubles: Beniquez (6), Smalley (9)
Triples: Bostock (6)
Home Runs: Ford (12)
Stolen Bases: Beniquez (8), Ford 2 (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Carew (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Hisle (5)
GIDP: Harrah (12), Clines (10), Fahey (2), Bostock (6)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barr L(2-6)             0.2   2   2   2   2   0   0   6   5.74
Bacsik                  2.2   6   4   3   0   1   0  12   3.77
Foucault                4.2   3   2   2   4   3   1  21   3.21
Totals                  8    11   8   7   6   4   1  39

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Luebber W(1-2)          6.1   3   0   0   4   5   0  26   4.40
Burgmeier               2.2   3   0   0   1   2   0  10   2.24
Totals                  9     6   0   0   5   7   0  36

Balks: Bacsik (1)

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Nestor Chylak


RANGERS 1ST: Clines flied out to center; Randle grounded out
(second to first); Hargrove singled to left; Burroughs walked
[Hargrove to second]; Fregosi forced Burroughs (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Bostock walked; Hisle singled to left [Bostock to
second]; Carew out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Bostock to third, Hisle to second]; Kusick walked; Ford forced
Kusick (shortstop to second) [Bostock scored, Hisle to third];
Wynegar singled to right [Hisle scored, Ford to third]; BACSIK
REPLACED BARR (PITCHING); Smalley made an out to shortstop; 2 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 2.

RANGERS 2ND: Harrah struck out; Howell grounded out (first to
pitcher); Beniquez walked; Beniquez stole second; Fahey grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins
2.

TWINS 2ND: Cubbage grounded out (first unassisted); Randall
singled; Bostock grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Randall out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
0, Twins 2.

RANGERS 3RD: Clines flied out to right; Randle was called out on
strikes; Hargrove made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 3RD: Hisle popped to first in foul territory; On a bunt
Carew singled to third; Kusick singled to center [Carew to
third, Kusick out at second (center to third to second)]; Ford
singled to left [Carew scored]; Ford stole second [Ford to third
(error by Fahey)]; Bacsik balked [Ford scored (unearned)];
Wynegar struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Twins 4.

RANGERS 4TH: Burroughs flied out to center; Fregosi grounded out
(third to first); Harrah popped to first in foul territory; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 4.

TWINS 4TH: Smalley doubled; Cubbage grounded out (first to
pitcher) [Smalley to third]; On a bunt Randall singled [Smalley
scored, Randall to second (error by Harrah)]; FOUCAULT REPLACED
BACSIK (PITCHING); Bostock tripled to right [Randall scored];
Hisle hit a sacrifice fly to left [Bostock scored]; Carew lined
to second; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 7.

RANGERS 5TH: Howell singled to left; Beniquez reached on an
error by Smalley [Howell to second]; Fahey made an out to
shortstop; Clines struck out; Randle struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 7.

TWINS 5TH: Kusick grounded out (third to first); Ford homered;
Wynegar walked; Smalley was called out on strikes; Cubbage flied
out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 8.

RANGERS 6TH: Hargrove walked; Burroughs walked [Hargrove to
second]; Fregosi struck out; Harrah grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Burroughs out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 8.

TWINS 6TH: Randall grounded out (shortstop to first); Bostock
singled to center; Hisle flied out to left; Carew struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 8.

RANGERS 7TH: BRYE REPLACED HISLE (PLAYING LF); Howell flied out
to right; Beniquez doubled to center; BURGMEIER REPLACED LUEBBER
(PITCHING); Fahey walked; Clines grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Fahey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 8.

TWINS 7TH: Kusick walked; Ford forced Kusick (third to second);
Ford stole second; Wynegar lined to first [Ford to third (error
by Fregosi)]; Smalley walked; Cubbage walked [Smalley to
second]; Randall grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3
LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 8.

RANGERS 8TH: BORGMANN REPLACED WYNEGAR (PLAYING C ); Randle
flied out to right; Hargrove singled to right; Burroughs was
called out on strikes; Fregosi singled to left [Hargrove to
second]; Harrah struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Twins 8.

TWINS 8TH: Bostock lined to first; Brye struck out; Carew made
an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 8.

RANGERS 9TH: Howell grounded out (first unassisted); Beniquez
singled to right; Fahey grounded into a double play (second to
first to shortstop to first) [Beniquez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 8.



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